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Marks in English VII. ranged from 97 to 30 per cent...
...leader of the Republican party at that time. All the tariffs after this were the results of party feeling. The tariff of 1833 was a compromise act between the two parties, and was arranged by Clay and Calhoun. Its purpose was to bring all duties to twenty per cent. ad valorem. This is probably the poorest tariff passed by any nation. The Congress which came in in 1842 put in a new tariff, entirely different from that of 1833. The Whigs being then in power, passed a bill for the levying of very high duties, and the bill was prompted...
...religious census of Amherst College, just taken by Dr. Hitchcock, shows a total church membership of 230 students in the following ratio: Seniors, 70 per cent.; juniors, 70; sophomores, 63; freshmen, 55; average, 65. The denominations most largely represented are: Congregational, 158; Presbyterian, 30; Episcopalian and Methodist, seven each, the remainder being divided among the Baptist, Lutheran, Dutch Reformed, Catholic and others...
...second-hand books, 10 per cent...
...orders, 15 to 16 per cent...